- title: "Deprecate support for Debian 9"
  announcement_milestone: "14.9"
  removal_milestone: "15.1"
  body: |
    Long term service and support (LTSS) for [Debian 9 Stretch ends in July 2022](https://wiki.debian.org/LTS). Therefore, we will no longer support the Debian 9 distribution for the GitLab package. Users can upgrade to Debian 10 or Debian 11.
